Warning: Shake-up below.
I’ve reconfigured the bowl projections based on changes in expected results over the final two weeks.
Much of that change is based on Stanford’s finish, which itself is based on 1) Bryce Love’s gimpy ankle and 2) the Cardinal’s vulnerable run defense facing Notre Dame’s powerhouse ground game.
The outcome is irrelevant to the Pac-12 race but the bowl selections.
There is no change at the top:
No reasonable path exists for USC to sneak into the playoff … or for the Pac-12 to send a second team into the New Year’s Six.